It was designed for warriors by aerospace engineers, and wasn’t built to the lowest common denominator of user

Changing the barrel takes 10-15 minutes vs having to find a huge press to push out a pin once you shoot the barrel out.

AR Attributes:

Lighter

More accurate

Reliable

Effective

Low Recoil

Easy to repair

Can carry more ammo due to weight

Round fragments and creates LARGE permanent wound cavities

Good 2.5 MOA ammo can be had for $0.31 per round

AK Attributes:

Heavier

3X less Accurate

Can’t carry as many rounds due to weight

Reliable

Good quality rifles cost significantly more

Round effective as .30-30 Win

Difficult to repair without access to large pieces of machinery

Higher recoil

Good 2.5 MOA ammo can’t be found for under $1.00 per round

Consider this: The AR is a platform that professionals use effectively to destroy professional AK shooters. The AK is a platform that anyone can pull the trigger and send rounds down range. The AK is a platform that professionals haven’t been able to use effectively vs the AR professional.

Is there a better rifle pattern out there than the AR? Probably, possibly, maybe, but the US Department of Defense has been searching for 25 years and still hasn’t found one. I may be a bit biased, but the information is true. 😉